Sarah Gray

Keep your fingers crossed: Politico is reporting that the Violence Against Women Act is expected to pass in the House of Representatives this week. VAWA was originally championed by then-Senator Joe Biden back in 1994 and gets renewed very six years. The bill allocates funds to help victims of rape and domestic violence, including money to proce…

It was a typical Orange County night at the tail end of a long, lazy winter break. The plethora of yogurt shops in the neighborhood were closing, and even if you craved a Starbucks treat, it was too late in suburbia. The few dive-bars in the area boasted their usual divorcee crowd. My mom, dad…

Nothing gets me up on my soapbox more than comments about rape, especially rape on college campuses. It seems that despite the plethora of statistics laid out plainly in nifty little infographics, the public remains woefully ignorant to the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and rape right here…

Congressman John Duncan from Tennessee says he is undecided on which way he'll vote on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which passed the Senate last week 78-22. His reasoning? "Every bill is given a motherhood-and apple-pie title," and if "you voted on the title, you'd vote for every bill up here." Funny…

In shocking news to everyone, as a fetus you were your mother's largest organ! Or at least that's what Alabama State Representative Mary Sue McClurkin (R) is now claiming. The bill she introduced this week requires a series of demanding requirements of abortion clinics who perform this "big surgery." According to the Huffington Post, these regulatio…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to update abortion laws in New York by removing restrictions on late term abortions (past 24 weeks), which have previously been available only if a woman's life is at risk. His proposal also includes allowing licensed practitioners to perform abortions, and changing the regulation of abortion to the state's public health law…

This morning, Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius faced his first bail hearing regarding the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and disputed the premeditated murder charge against him. The higher charge caries the most intense bail requirements of South African law, according to The Atlantic. Here's an update on where the case i…

The Associated Press has clarified their journalistic standards on reporting about same-sex couples and they have some weird rules about when to refer to a partner as a "husband or wife." According to a memo from the AP's standards editor, which was reprinted by Romenesko, they will only…

If you're not into the commercial cutesiness of Valentine's Day, there's an alternate, empowering holiday to celebrate on February 14th: V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. "The Vagina Monologues" playwright Eve Ensler created V-Day, which is celebrated each year on Valentine's Day as the play is staged around the…

"Slow down. Slow down. How about a little foreplay? There’s a bipartisan conversation going on in the Senate. There’s a bipartisan conversation going in the House. Let these things work their way along. It is too early to talk about legislation going on in one house or the other." --…

Missed the State Of The Union address last night? Well, here's a guide of some major points for those of you who still want to know where we're at. The economy continues to dominate President Obama's agenda, given how the first 20 minutes were a mixture of economic policies from spending cuts to boosting the…

The Senate passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act by a wide majority of 78-22 yet again. The measure first passed in 1994 was up for reauthorization in 2012; however, in April 2012 the Senate passed a similar bill, which failed in the House of Representatives due to measures added to extend protectio…

Attention party people, tonight is a pretty big night! No, I'm not talking about Mardi Gras. I'm referring to another excuse to drink on a Tuesday: President Obama's first State Of The Union Address of his second term. The annual address made by the President at the invitation of Congress not only produces some…

If you were distracted by actually flashy, trashy, sex-saturated events on Sunday night, from the Grammys to "Girls," it is quite possible you missed the news that Vasser College is an "Ivy League Whorehouse," according to the Westboro Baptist Church.

This week Bloomberg reported that the 30-year-old granddaughter of In-N-Out Hamburger chain founders, Harry and Esther Snyder, is the youngest female billionaire in the United States. Lynsi Torres, the sole heir and president of the burger chain, is now said to be worth around $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. If thi…

The reason Selena Gomez ended relationship with Justin Bieber: Rihanna! Makes you question Rihanna's taste in men, right? (Also, this picture was taken many years ago ... but it is still how we imagine The Biebs in our mind.) [Life & Style Weekly] The Grammy's has finally caught up to fact that the night…

Dick pics on Twitter or love children, might force resignation for some politicians, but for others, a scandalous sexual history is just a way to make a name for yourself before entering the political arena. Remember porn star Mary Carey's run for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election?

Break out the jazz flutes guys, Kristen Wiig will be joining San Diego's top news team in "Anchorman 2." [NYMag.com] Arpad Miklos was found dead in his New York apartment from an apparent suicide. The gay porn star also starred in Perfume Genius's "Hood" music video. [Pitchfork] Justin Timberlake's seven year break from music…

Want to see if there's mutual lust between you and your Facebook friends? There's an app for that: Bang With Friends. Slate wants to know if an app created by the male-dominated tech industry will be used by women. [Slate] France's National Agency for the Safety of Drugs and Health pulled an acne…

Simply Irresistible

Taking a page out of those girls you went to high school with who can't stop smugly posting every detail of their perfect lives on Facebook, Lady Gaga shaded America's youngest grandma Taylor Swift just perfectly on Twitter yesterday. It all started when Jaime King's unborn child's godmother tweeted about Gaga, using the preferred…

Oh look, it's hottest DILF alive, Ryan Gosling, making a rare appearance in public grabbing lunch in LA today. And what's that I see? In addition to his perfectly worn T-shirt (that collar is stretched just so), hoodie and leather jacket, the Gos is rocking a few faint letters on his knuckles, spelling out the…